As I watch the playoffs move on without us, what's really ticking me off is looking back at 2006 and 2007 when Tommy got a fourth and fifth swing at the Golden Ring and came up short both times; I'm not ticked off at Brady, obviously, but at the fact that opportunities like that are fleeting and rare. He could well get another swing or two, but it would be extraordinary.
Putting it in perspective, in the SB era, of all the QB's to step between the white lines on Sunday Afternoon, only one, John Elway, got a fifth chance to win a Super Bowl game. Only Terry Bradshaw, Jim Kelly, Joe Montana and Roger Staubach even got to four of them like Brady. Bradshaw and Montana aced the test each time; Staubach aced it twice and Kelly never did.
And, only Bradshaw (six), John Elway (six) and Montana (seven) have gone to more Conference Championship Games than has Tom Brady (five).
If you have any doubt about whether Tom Brady will eventually be ranked among the greatest QB's of all time, just think about those stats. He is in the most elite of company and, with a little luck, would have surpassed them all.
